February 8, 2011
Razer, long known for its high-end gaming mice, has had sort of a slow start when it comes to gaming keyboards. Its offerings haven’t been bad, but the company hasn’t had a must-have product yet. The BlackWidow is Razer’s first.
The BlackWidow …
Tags: 2010, From the Magazine, hardware, keyboard, Keyboards, mechanical keyboard, razer, reviews
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January 25, 2011
The perfect mobile display has yet to be invented—but that isn’t stopping eight competing technologies in the quest for bragging rights
Every mobile display technology seems to promise the same benefits: Great readability, even in daylight. Fast pi…
Tags: 2010, 2011, December 2010, display, Features, From the Magazine, January 2011, maximum tech, mobile display
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January 24, 2011
In my job as a tech journalist, I eat, breathe, and evangelize all things PC. I’m one of the PC platform’s biggest supporters because, frankly, it’s superior to the alternatives. Got that? We’re better than you.
But that doesn’t mean I think …
Tags: 2010, 2011, Columns, December 2010, From the Magazine, I Rant You Listen, January 2011, maximum tech
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December 2, 2010
WE’RE SORRY, WE CAN’T QUITE HEAR YOU
The Thermaltake Frio is a hefty cooler in the dual-fan skyscraper tradition. With both fans attached, it’s a staggering 4.75×5.37×6.5 inches and clocks in at two pounds, 10.6 ounces. It’s not the biggest we’ve…
Tags: 2010, Air Cooling, CPU cooling, Frio, From the Magazine, hardware, reviews, thermaltake
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November 30, 2010
This LCD impresses across the board
One of HP’s most recent display offerings, the 2310e, takes a number of current trends—super-slim size, LED backlighting, environmentally conscious materials—and wraps them up into one impressive package.
Physi…
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November 22, 2010
Packed with fans and features
We dinged September’s Antec Sonata Proto for being feature-poor. Can’t say the same of the flagship of Antec’s Dark Fleet line, the DF-85. This full-tower chassis looks great, is packed with fans, and includes luxury…
Tags: 2010, antec, Case, Cases, Dark Fleet DF-85, December 2010, From the Magazine, hardware, reviews
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November 19, 2010
The inside story on PC gaming’s greatest comeback—and a look at the game itself
Thrills, drama, a long grind, and a twist ending—these are the sorts of things you normally expect from a videogame. They are not what you expect from the story behind …
Tags: 2010, Brian Martel, Duke Nukem, Features, Forever, From the Magazine, George Broussard, interview, Randy Pitchford
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November 18, 2010
On the 25th anniversary of Windows, we examine the future of Microsoft’s flagship operating system
For what it’s worth, the first 25 years of our lives weren’t that smooth, either. So forgive us for favoring words like “commemorate” or “cont…
Tags: 2010, December 2010, Features, From the Magazine, future, windows, windows 8
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